The phrase "authoritative work" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a piece of writing or research that is recognized as a reliable and credible source on a particular subject.
Example: "The book is considered an authoritative work on the history of art, providing in-depth analysis and extensive references."
Alternatives: "definitive study" or "trusted source".
He wrote an authoritative work on the poets laureate, Poets by Appointment (1981).
Donders summarized his studies in On the Anomalies of Accommodation and Refraction (1864), the first authoritative work in the field.
Noverre's Lettres sur la danse, et sur les ballets (1760) is the authoritative work on the ballet d'action.
This authoritative work and the Second Bibliography, 2 vol. (1929), are the achievements for which he is most noted.
Still, this was the most authoritative work of the 10 that the American Dance Guild presented on Wednesday night.
This is a pity because what could have been a thrilling and authoritative work remains thrilling alone.
Among authoritative works built on the accounts of former detainees is a 2003 report, "The Hidden Gulag," by David Hawk.
There are many authoritative works among them: Marcella Hazan's Italian fundamentals, Madhur Jaffrey's Indian food, Middle Eastern fare from Claudia Roden, Edna Lewis's seasonal Southern menus.
"Though it does, at times, feel as if she has cherry-picked the most interesting ideas from authoritative works on marriage, she also makes academic texts accessible to a wide audience," the "sex guru" Suzi Godson wrote in the Times.
It is a horrible fact that people who for whatever reason feel compelled, in an art gallery, not to stand and look but to scribble, or throw acid, or pull out a hammer, tend to pick the most potent and authoritative works of art for their assaults.
Browne's European education exposed him to some of the latest thinking in medical practice, including training in anatomy and dissection – practices that were beginning to challenge and criticise the traditional authoritative works in medicine, such as those by Hippocrates and Galen.
